Bug 18207

Summary: 3.2-RELEASE to 4.0-RELEASE FTP upgrade fails, trashes /bin
Product: Base System Reporter: jcaron <jcaron>
Component: i386Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 3.2-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description jcaron 2000-04-25 17:50:01 UTC 
486 DX2
16M RAM
DLink ISA NIC
Generic ISA NIC
Box serves as a firewall, nothing fancy.

When upgrading to 4.0-RELEASE via a FTP upgrade in /stand/sysinstall (ftp.freebsd.org), system crashes during installation of binaries in /bin. I think I got 3 "core dump" messages before the installation process stopped half way through completion. When I reboot the kernel can no longer be loaded, if I load kernel.prev, or the generic kernel it loads and detects devices and then asks me for a shell. I tell it /bin/sh or /bin/csh but it says it can no longer find that file. The /bin directory and sh & csh files are there, I rebooted and listed the contents of the /bin directory. I have concluded that this problem corrupts the /bin directory in some way... probably because it crashes while it's attempting to upgrade those files.

Fix: 

Nope, sorry.
How-To-Repeat: Install 3.2-RELEASE, upgrade binaries to 4.0-RELEASE via FTP upgrade in /stand/sysinstall (ftp.freebsd.org).  I've tried it twice, it happened both times, I don't have the patience to try it again.  :)
Comment 1 unfurl freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-05-31 06:56:08 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

This PR is just too old to be in here. There have been no more reported 
problems with subsequent releases.